Legal Opinion
Bushkin Associates, Inc. v. Raytheon Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 10, 1985PublishedCited by 306 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
We deal with questions certified to us by the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, pursuant to S.J.C. Rule 1:03, as appearing in 382 Mass. 700 (1981). The principal question involves a conflict of laws issue: whether the Massachusetts or the New York Statute of Frauds should be applied in this action involving an alleged oral agreement between the plaintiff Bushkin, a New York resident, and his New York corporation, on the one hand, and the defendant Raytheon Company (Raytheon), a Massachusetts based corporation, on the other. An action based on such an oral agreement would…
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